A woman with short hair, wearing a black tank top, taking a selfie against a plain wall, with some paint splatters on her shirt.

Hi, I’m Courtney.

I’m interested in what happens when art and craft is treated as a human responsibility, a moral act.

On this website, you’ll find a catalog of original art, and connections to my writings both as an artist and as a product designer. Follow me on Instagram and Substack to stay up to date with my latest creations and musings, or hop over to LinkedIn if you’re looking to connect on the work I do in industry.

  • abstract painting with pinks and blues

    Exploration, acrylic on canvas

  • abstract painting with purples and blues

    Discover, acrylic on canvas

  • abstract paintings with blues and purples

    River Song, acrylic on canvas

  • abstract painting with purples, black and blues

    Dissonance, acrylic on canvas

  • abstract painting in green and blue

    Tone of Voice, acrylic on canvas

  • abstract painting in white, purple and gray

    Take Off, acrylic on canvas

  • colorful abstract painting

    Festival, acrylic on canvas

  • colorful abstract painting

    Side Street Sounds, acrylic on canvas

  • color abstract painting and mixed media collage

    Night Dance, acrylic and mixed media on canvas

  • colorful abstract painting

    Sensory Overload, acrylic on canvas

  • colorful abstract mixed media

    Life Watches Itself, acrylic and mixed media on canvas

  • colorful abstract painting and collage

    Material World, acrylic and mixed media on canvas

Art is the proper task of life

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Art is the proper task of life • •

My work, my missions:

→ My art practice

As a painter, my work is about exploring energy, inner states, and ways of seeing that aren’t easily captured in words. My art practice is a way of training attention — learning how to see more clearly, feel more precisely, and respond honestly to what’s present. The work is slow, intuitive, and shaped by curiosity and commitment to art as a higher calling.

  • I write essays on art and creativity on my Substack: The State of the Art

  • Many of you will know me from The 500 Project - a 5 year body of work where I painted and gave away 500 original paintings as a prolific act of kindness

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→ Product Design & Leadership

Alongside my art practice, I work as a product design leader, thinking deeply about how great product craft can be applied to systems at scale.

I’m view digital tools as extensions of human capability, and believe software should enable humans to do meaningful work they are proud of. Much of my writing explores the principles of design, product craft and what it means to build systems people can feel good using.

  • If you’re interested in staying in touch with this side of me, connect on LinkedIn and check out my Substack: The Things We Build for essays on product design, leadership, and systems

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Read The Things We Build
Paint palette with various colors of paint, a paintbrush, and a jar of grayish-green paint on a multicolored worktable.